AltWeeklies Wire
Laid to Rustnew
Six years and $19 million into a major Superfund cleanup, why is the Ompompanoosuc River running orange?
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
09-05-2007 |
Environment
Businesses Around Collapsed Bridge Sufferingnew
One month since the bridge's collapse, the cost to local businesses is starting to play out in stark economic terms, and many wonder whether they'll survive until a new bridge is built.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
G.R. Anderson Jr. |
09-05-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
A Kinder, Gentler Smokestack?new
Critics say a Minneapolis power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
09-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Burning Man's Contradictionsnew
Burning Man's green theme flopped -- but not for lack of good intentions. Plus: Reactions to the Gonzo burner's premature inflammation.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
09-05-2007 |
Environment
The Top 10 Stories the Media Missed This Past Yearnew
This year's Project Censored presents a chilling portrait of a newly empowered executive branch signing away civil liberties for the sake of an endless and amorphous war on terror -- and for the most part, the press wasn't paying attention.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
09-05-2007 |
Media
Hopeful News for Schizophrenicsnew
An experimental drug from Eli Lilly so far has shown that it can ease symptoms of schizophrenia without the serious side effects associated with Thorazine and Zyprexa.
San Diego CityBeat |
Staff |
09-05-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Border Crossingsnew
To get to America, some people have climbed fences, hiked through deserts, lied their way past border agents or legally entered by wading through mounds of confusing paperwork -- these are the stories beneath the statistics.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan, David Rolland and Eric Wolff |
09-05-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
The War on Drugs, via FAFSAnew
Groups hope Congress will finally ditch financial aid question.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
09-05-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
'Army of None' Aims to Thwart Military Recruitersnew
Former Oakland City Council candidate Aimee Allison publishes an activist guidebook.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
09-05-2007 |
War
The Army's Deadly VX Waste is Burning In Texasnew
The Army has claimed the waste is no more dangerous than kitchen cleaners, but when environmental scientists began looking at the disposal process, they found scary scenarios.
The Texas Observer |
Rusty Middleton |
09-04-2007 |
Environment
Marilynn Rosenthal Wanted Us to Understand 9/11new
The 9/11 book she worked on for more than five years, a combined biography of her son Josh and 23-year-old jihadist Marwan al-Shehhi, remains unpublished after her death earlier this month, but her daughter hopes to change that.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
09-04-2007 |
War
Tags: 9/11, war & peace
After Ted Haggard, New Life Church Tries to Rise Againnew
New pastor Brady Boyd will avoid politics from the pulpit.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
09-04-2007 |
Religion
Orlando's Condo Boom Quickly Goes Bustnew
Investors fueled the condo market for its short boom cycle, and when the profits stopped coming in, it became obvious that the market for the condos wasn't there in the first place.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
09-04-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Revenge of the Electric Car?new
The first electric police car in the U.S. was introduced last week by Connellsville, Pa., officials and hailed as a true masterpiece.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary F. Patel |
09-04-2007 |
Environment
A Graveyard Caretaker with a Philosophy ... and a MySpace Pagenew
Meet Bob Wells, the last man to ever let you down.
Chicago Reader |
Scott Eden |
09-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
